Contributor Marina Ashioti

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Interviews

Sebastián Lelio: ‘We need better stories if we want to have better societies’

by Marina Ashioti

The Chilean director on the very contemporary political and philosophical questions at the core of literary period piece, The Wonder.
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Review

The Cordillera of Dreams

by Marina Ashioti

Master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán turns his gaze to the enigmatic Andean mountain range as he examines the troubled histories of Chile.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Girls Girls Girls

by Marina Ashioti

Alli Haapasalo’s vibrant, sex-positive depiction of the highs and lows of modern girlhood is as charming as it is unapologetic.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Something You Said Last Night – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Luis De Filippis' film is a great addition to a transgender cinematic canon in that it refuses to rely on overt explorations of trauma.
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Festivals

1976 – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

This searingly intense character study sees a woman questioning her cosy bourgeois lifestyle in Pinochet’s Chile.
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Interviews

The art of adapting short films into feature-length movies

by Marina Ashioti

Eddie Sternberg discusses the risks and challenges of expanding his 2015 short into a feature-length film.
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Review

Hatching

by Marina Ashioti

Hanna Bergholm's directorial debut is a cracking, artfully-crafted creature feature set in a gaudy suburban dollhouse.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Dry Ground Burning

by Marina Ashioti

Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós blur fiction and documentary in their hybrid tale of Brazilian resistance, independence and survival.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The full 2022 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

by Marina Ashioti

From Glass Onion to Decision to Leave, this year’s cinematic bonanza is packed to the gills with discovery and delight.
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Review

The Feast

by Marina Ashioti

A cautionary tale about environmental exploitation veers into predictability in Lee Haven Jones' slow-burn directorial debut.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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